Red light, Green light, one two...
Yin Version
Yang be above.
The bestest thing about being a kid be the pure and unthinking enjoyment of life.Yang be above.
When children play; there be a lack of pre-meditation in their actions that makes me want to unlearn all the dumb things one has to acquire to become a part of adult society.
When were the last time you been out to play?
Where did you go?
How much time did you need to prepare yourself?
How many ' accoutrement' be needed?
Having fun has become an incredibly complicated and costly prospect that many folks actually aren't enjoying themselves at all. At least not without chemical assistance.
Me misses making mud pies and splashing in puddles.
kicking a discarded soda can down the street with a friend just to see how far we can keep it going.
Playing Cowboys and Indians with nothing more than a couple of tree branches found lying on the ground. (Do kids even play that anymore or has Nintendo crushed that pastime too.)
Attacking the dirt in some vacant lot on the way home from school and digging a hole to China.
Spinning and spinning and spinning yerself until you fall down in a fit of laughter.
Laying down in the grass and rolling down hill.
Messing up the Autumn leaf piles.
Me has been so worried about keeping me head above water that Me can't honestly remember the last time me just went out and enjoyed life, just by being alive.
Me has visited many bloggers over the last ten days or so and there seems to be a general feeling of malaise running through our posts. It looks like we not be getting what we want out of life. Unappreciative spouses, ungrateful children or bosses, lacklustre sex or none at all. Our financial, medical and social burdens are becoming more and more overwhelming with each passing day. The world around us is spiraling into a miasma of violence and despair. It's time to let go of all the seriousness and simply take a break from all the hairy bullshit.
At the end of all her E-mails, Outdoorsy Girl, someone who truly knows how to enjoy life, has a great signature that says-
TAKE A HIKE!!!!!!
Me thinks me might just take her advice.
Me no spring chicken, but me goose ain't cooked just yet.
16 comments:
scarey, i dunno what's up here, but this is EXACTLY what i was getting ready to write about...'a mystical mind-meld', maybe? if so, stop it before you get hurt!! ;-D !
Those were the days when you could actually go out and play and not have a care in the world. The kids of today are growing up in a different world. And maybe I should post about what I'm thinking.
What a sad and depressing post. Me going to hang meself now. BOING!
:)
I love messing up the leaves. Every autumn I try to walk through big piles of leaves and fluff them up with my feet.
I heard a toddler giggling in the park yesterday and I had the same thoughts - we don't giggle like that anymore. And then I thought how close the giggles sound to the start of crying. They really are so close in all of us.
sure, sometimes you have to cry and get the weight of the world off your chest.
but heck, when the sun is shining and its a day off we have no excuse for not going out and finding some joy.
I had an unexpected adventure yesterday at the Tour de France. I went to Greenwich to watch, and afterwards I walked up the hill to the observatory where you can stand on the prime meridian.
Ya. that got old quick, but I decided to explore what was behind the observatory. I'd been there once before, saw the line, snapped shots of the view and left.
You know what? There's a HUGE park up there! Flower gardens, a merry go round brightly and freshly painted for all the kids to enjoy, a tea house, and a deer enclosure.
It was great to just sit there and watch the baby deer bounding along.
:)
Happy Monday.
Stomps and Waddles
xx
pinks
Libby~ We all be part of a bloggy family. It makes sense that we read each others posts and gather similar vibes.
Lambkins~ Go for it. Sayin what you thing is what this thang be all about.
Mr. Dyckerson~ There be another post above that might be more yer speed.
Pink~ Me would love to visit merry ol' England and stand on the world's scrimmage line. Wonderin what would happen to me wristwatch there.
StOmP.
Maybe this is too thinky or too stupid, but here goes...
As I have gone from child to adult, I have learned to delay gratification--and to be gratified by a job well-done (not a moment well-played). So if twirling through a pile of leaves is fun, just THINK about how delightful it will be to see all the leaves bagged up.
Yup, I'm a loser.
I spent all weekend working on a dreaded job just to get it DONE, so I could look at it and feel a bit of happiness and pride.
I don't hate myself or what I have become, but I miss the easiness of quick laughter and hopscotch and running down a hill really fast without worrying about breaking my ankle.
My childhood wasnt great so there arent many memories of that for me. I think I play more now as an adult (albeit with ' accoutrements' and preptime to get there... lol)!! I think I am in control of my life now so I can manipulate it the way I want to go and do what I want (within reasons as I do have 3 kids and a spouse! lol)
I also think that bloggers talk about this stuff more than most folks... so it seems more accute. Its a place to vent the things we think, so that they dont become as much of a burden to us in our real lives. It is for me at least.
Me believes that you can have yer cake and eat it too; if only one slice at a time.
STOMP.
Scaresville
Funny enough - I whacked out two wristwatches yesterday!
they just STOPPED, cold!
xx
pinks
Uhm, are we voting now?
I really like this one, but I like them both. I agree. Even when I HAVE time, I don't always enjoy it because I want to "get ahead" or whatever that means. I am actually trying to unlearn a lot of things these days. Also, miasma is a great word.
Actually, taking a hike is always a good idea when yuo can do it.
Do you really sense a general malaise, though? I'm thinking that we're probably a generaltion of bloggers who are going through a social lifecycle, as it were, and we're simply mellowing out. Kinda like the first year of marriage, and the second. Both are precious. Just different.
Kate~ Pretty cool take on the bloggy thang. You don't really want to lay yer problems out on people IRL. Everyone be dealing with their own burdens and aren't very interested in ours.
Pink~ You are existing outside of time. What do you need watches for?
Camille~ Me not takin sides one wat or another, so there is no need to vote. Just tryin to maintain an even strain.
jimh~ Welcome to Scary's place. It's understandable that you can read both posts and find yourelf agreeing with parts of both. The essence of one thing entails the existence of it's antithisis
x.dell~ Malaise might be too strong a word for what me be trying to describe. But as far as the feeling Me gets from folks, there is a trend voicing dissatisfaction towards the expectations we had growing up vs. the reality of what we face everyday.
This not be a new subject. Thinking that life were gonna be simple and finding out it ain't is something every generation passes on to the next.
STOMP
A thunderstorm is coming...
I LOVE a thunderstorm now as much as I did as a kid.
I laugh at something everyday- or I try to.
I think, in general, I have more fun than a lot of people...but I'm not sure why. Maybe it's how I look at the stupid sh*t in my life and just laugh at it-
the other option is crying.
Sometimes I do that too~
-Mayden
Ahhh, Mrs.C. Far too long it has been since we have seen you here. As always you are a welcome addition and of course you choose Yin.
Stomp.
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